WEBVTT SANIKA WE DO NOT KNOW MUCHABOUT NOR PSALM ON.WE HAVE HEARD EVEN LESS -- NOOR SALMAN.WE KNOW THAT SHE AND HER HUSBANDAND THEIR CHILD LIVED IN THEAPARTMENT BEHIND ME UP UNTIL THEPULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING.RECORDS INDICATE THE APARTMENTIS UNDER THE FAMILY NAME.BUT SHE HAS BEEN TRAVELING EVERSINCE.BEFORE EVENTUALLY SETTLING DOWNIN CALIFORNIA.THAT IS WITH THE FBI FINALLYARRESTED HER.ON JUNE 12, 2016, FEDERALINVESTIGATORS SAY OMAR MATEENWALKED INTO THE PULSE NIGHTCLUBAND OPENED FIRE, KILLING 49 INDOES RING -- AND WOUNDING DOZENSMORE.THE FBI QUICKLY LAUNCH ANINVESTIGATION INTO HIS FAMILY,INCLUDING HIS WIFE.A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL TOLDABC NEWS SHE MAY HAVE KNOWNSOMETHING ABOUT THE ATTACK BUTCLAIMS SHE TRIED TO TALK HIM OUTOF IT.THOUGH SHE HAS DODGED THE MEDIASPOTLIGHT, WE KNOW SHE HAS SINCEMOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND HASLEGALLY CHANGED HER SON'S LASTNAME.THE FBI ARRESTED HER MONDAYMORNING AND ABC NEWS REPORTSTHAT AT SOME POINT SHE WILL BEEXTRADITED BACK TO TAMPA WHERESHE WAS INDICTED.THE POLICE CHIEF SAID ASTATEMENT WHICH READ, I'M GLADTO SEE THAT OMAR MATEEN'S WIFEHAS BEEN CHARGED IN AIDING HERHUSBAND ON THE BRUTAL ATTACK ATPULSE NIGHTCLUB.OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WORKINGTIRELESSLY ON THIS CASE FOR MORETHAN SEVEN MONTHS AND WE AREGRATEFUL THAT SOME MEASURE OFJUSTICE WILL BE SERVED IN THISACT O TERROR HAS AFFECTED OURCOMMUNITIES OF GDP I KNOCKED ONTHE DOOR OF HER OLD APARTMENTBUT NO ONE WAS HOME.HER LAWYER SAY NOOR HAD NOKNOWLEDGE NOR COULD SHE PROJECTWHATOMAR MATEEN INTENDED TO DO.NO HAS TOLD HER STORY OF ABUSEAT HIS FANS.IT IS MISGUIDED AND WRONG TOPROSECUTE HER INTO DISHONORS THEMEMORIES OF THE VICTIMS TOPUNISH INNOCENT PERSON.SHE IS STARTS WITH OBSTRUCTIONOF JUSTICE AS WELL AS AIDING ANDABETTING HER HUSBAND'S ATTEMPT --SHE WILL BE IN FEDERAL COURT

A former FBI agent said the arrest of the wife of the man responsible for the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando shows federal authorities plan to charge who may be connected to the shootings.
Stuart Kaplan is now an attorney in Palm Beach County.
He said the arrest of Noor Salman on Monday means prosecutors believe Salman knew what her husband, Omar Mateen, planned to do.
“When he texted her in the middle of carrying out this massacre, it was to no surprise,” Kaplan said. “And the text messages corroborate that.”
Salman faces a charge of aiding and abetting her husband.
She’s also charged with obstruction.
“She gave an interview and she lied to the agents that interviewed her,” Kaplan said. “That in and of itself is a crime.”
Salman was arrested at her California home outside San Francisco.
Her attorney, Linda Moreno, released a statement which said, in part, “Noor Salman had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what Omar Mateen intended to do that tragic night...We believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her.”
Kaplan said it’s clear federal authorities do not believe that’s true.
“The U.S. Attorney's Office is well satisfied that the evidence suggests that she's not an innocent spouse, that she was a knowing, willing participant,” he said.
Salman is expected to appear before a judge in California on Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors said they plan to extradite her back to Florida.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —

A former FBI agent said the arrest of the wife of the man responsible for the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando shows federal authorities plan to charge who may be connected to the shootings.

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Stuart Kaplan is now an attorney in Palm Beach County.

He said the arrest of Noor Salman on Monday means prosecutors believe Salman knew what her husband, Omar Mateen, planned to do.

“When he texted her in the middle of carrying out this massacre, it was to no surprise,” Kaplan said. “And the text messages corroborate that.”

Salman faces a charge of aiding and abetting her husband.

She’s also charged with obstruction.

“She gave an interview and she lied to the agents that interviewed her,” Kaplan said. “That in and of itself is a crime.”

Salman was arrested at her California home outside San Francisco.

Her attorney, Linda Moreno, released a statement which said, in part, “Noor Salman had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what Omar Mateen intended to do that tragic night...We believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her.”